Thursday, November 14, 2013

House Demo Aide: House Demos will "go crazy" if cancelled healthcare plans aren't fixed by Friday...

House Democrats on Wednesday expressed increasing
frustration at the Obama administration’s inability to improve the
rollout of ObamaCare.
Democrats said they’re worried about “being dragged into this
non-stop cycle” of bad news about the ObamaCare rollout, rather than
celebrating the successes of the law they helped to pass, a Democratic
aide said.
“They’re voicing those frustrations with the administration,” the
aide said following a Democratic Caucus meeting where administration
officials got an earful from exasperated lawmakers.
With the House vote just two days away, many Democrats are urging the
White House to come up with an administrative alternative to
legislation sponsored by Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.) that would allow
insurance companies to offer their old insurance plans.
The GOP bill is a response to the nearly 5 million people who have seen their health plans canceled under ObamaCare.
Two centrist Democrats — Reps. John Barrow (Ga.) and Mike McIntyre
(N.C.) — already have endorsed the Upton measure, but that number could
rise if the bill comes up for a vote without a Democratic alternative
providing some political cover.A second Democratic aide warned that if the administration
doesn’t provide such a substitute by Friday, many members will “go
crazy.”